The ship of death claimed 355 new victims

Today, the Japanese Minister of Health, Katsunobu Kato, announced that the number of people infected with the virus has increased virus The new corona virus on board the quarantined cruise ship off the coast of Japan has reached 355 people.

"So far, we have examined 1,219 people on the ship," Katsunobu said, during an interview on the official Japanese radio station, NHK. Of these, 355 were positive in terms of infection, including 73 patients who did not show any symptoms,” i.e. an increase of 70 injuries from the last government toll.

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These new figures come at a time when the United States is preparing to evacuate some of its citizens from the "Diamond Princess" ship, which has been quarantined since February 5 in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo.

Hong Kong also announced that it will provide its 330 citizens on board the ship with the opportunity to return by charter plane.

"Given the high number of COVID-19 infections on board the Diamond Princess, the Department of Health and Human Services has made an assessment that passengers and crew members on board are at high risk of infection," the US embassy said in a message sent by the Americans stranded on board the ship.

For its part, the Canadian government announced that it had allocated a plane to evacuate its citizens stranded on the cruise ship Diamond Princess docked in Yokohama, Japan.

The government said, in a statement, that Canadian passengers who showed symptoms of infection with the new Corona virus will not be allowed to board the plane and will instead be transferred to the Japanese health care system for appropriate treatment.

After arriving in Canada, the passengers will be subject to a 14-day quarantine, the statement added.